Senior Engineer I, Software Development - Insight QA

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior QA Engineer / QA Lead with 10–12 years of experience in cloud-based network management solutions to join our engineering team.

The role will focus on end-to-end quality engineering for a cloud-hosted network management platform, managing and monitoring networking devices such as Access Points, Switches and Routers.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in testing cloud-managed networking solutions, with a combination of networking, AWS/cloud, REST APIs, Python automation, TypeScript/Playwright and end-to-end system testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own QA for a cloud-based network management platform from requirements through production.
• Test end-to-end workflows for cloud-managed Access Points, Switches, Routers and other network devices.
• Validate device onboarding, discovery, provisioning, configuration, synchronization, monitoring and firmware upgrade workflows.
• Review requirements, technical designs, ERDs and data models; identify functional, integration, data, networking and cloud risks.
• Develop test strategy, test plans, test scenarios and test cases; maintain requirements-to-test-case traceability.
• Execute functional, integration, system, regression and end-to-end testing across devices, cloud services and applications.
• Validate APIs, authentication, authorization, data consistency and asynchronous workflows.
• Test AWS-hosted cloud applications and services, including reliability, scalability and failure/recovery scenarios.
• Build Python-based test automation, reusable frameworks and TypeScript/Playwright UI and API automation; integrate into CI/CD pipelines.
• Own defects through closure and drive root-cause analysis using packet captures, logs, API traces and cloud telemetry.
• Perform release sign-off recommendations, production smoke testing, post-deployment validation and production incident investigations.
• Use AI tools to improve test generation, automation, log analysis and defect triage.

Networking Expertise:

Strong hands-on knowledge of networking is essential, including TCP/IP, IPv4/IPv6, DHCP, DNS, ARP, ICMP, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS/SSL, NAT, routing, switching, VLAN, QoS, Ethernet, WAN/LAN, Wi-Fi technologies, WPA2/WPA3 and wireless roaming. Experience with Wi-Fi 5/6/6E/7 is highly desirable.

Network Troubleshooting and Diagnostics:

• Wireshark
• tcpdump
• ping
• traceroute
• iperf
• nslookup/dig
• Network packet capture and protocol analysis

What We Are Looking For:

Must Have:

• 10–12 years of QA / Quality Engineering experience
• Strong experience testing cloud-based network management solutions
• Hands-on experience testing networking devices and cloud services together
• Strong TCP/IP and networking fundamentals
• Strong Python automation
• Strong REST API testing
• Experience with AWS-hosted applications/services
• Experience with TypeScript/Playwright or equivalent
• Strong test planning and test case design
• Experience reviewing technical designs and ERDs
• Strong defect management and root-cause analysis
• Production validation experience
• CI/CD experience
• Wireshark and packet-analysis experience

Good to Have:

• Experience with NETGEAR Insight or similar cloud-managed networking/NMS platforms
• Access Point, Switch and Router testing
• Wi-Fi 6/6E/7
• AWS
• Microservices
• Docker/Kubernetes
• Cloud monitoring and observability
• Claude / ChatGPT / GitHub Copilot
• Agentic AI / AI-driven QA
• Mobile application testing
• Performance and scalability testing
• Security/API security testing

Company Statement:

At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.

We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected.

NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.